Tag Archives: Mortal Kombat

In the 90’s, Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat were the battling top dogs of the fighting game scene. With extremely well done ports of their respective arcade games to both the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo, gamers were given multiple choices of how to play their…

In this video, we are going to take a look at some fighting games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. And don’t get confused, I am not talking about ‘beat ‘em ups’ or ‘brawlers’ like Double Dragon. No, I am talking about 1 on 1 fighting games, similar to…

I don’t even remember all the games that were released on the NES Classic Edition (or NES Mini, which is what I’ll keep calling it and the SNES version from now on). I had no interest in it. I have absolutely no interest in the SNES Mini either…

The mediocrity continues, as Big Jay takes his turn at Midway’s Wrestlemania arcade classic. He decides to play the Narcissist himself, Lex Luger, and see if the power or Red, White and Blue can take him to greatness!

So over on Retro Revelations, early last year, I decided to undertake a ginormous project entitled “Best of the Best: 20 Years in Life and Entertainment”. It was my attempt to outdo the simple “Best of the Year” type stuff that many people do, and in typical Me…

This week, we’re looking at a cheat code that was so controversial, that it helped shape the face of videogame censorship.

I don’t know about you, but I sometimes long for the days when games were fit to burst with cheat codes – Series of button presses, passwords or unlockables that would allow the player to enable useful or completely useless effects while playing the game, from having infinite lives, to skipping levels, or even turning football referees into dogs (but that one’s a tale for another time). These sort of codes are becoming a rarity in modern gaming, so join me in celebrating these simpler times, as I take a regular look at gaming’s best secrets, and how you too can find them.

We begin with one of the most controversial cheat codes to ever exist, for one of the most controversial video games to ever exist.

Below you will find the list of all the games reviewed for Game Overkill, along with where they ranked and a link to the review. This page is updated whenever I receive new lists which change the ranking or add new games that made the cut. XXX indicates…

Mortal Kombat is the greatest fighting game ever made. I mean, the blood, gore, and violence was so awesome it totally made up for the rest of the game being utterly unremarkable and mediocre at best. Right? Now, let me get this out of the way: I don’t…

So, you guys want a treat? I decided to put up an early recording of me trying to play through the original arcade version of Mortal Kombat 1. And similar to my SNES Street Fighter II play through, eventually shit gets real. Too real. Raw, no edits, just…

So near the end of last year, I decided “hey, you know, people do these ‘best game of the year’” type lists, so seeing as how I really don’t do that kind of thing much, I figured I’d give it a whirl for once. I initially set…

If you were an avid arcade player and had access to coins at any time in the early to late 90s, whether it was at your local convenience store, video store or Family Restaurant, chances are you’ll have spent all of your time and quarters (or tokens depending on the place) on a video arcade. More Importantly on a fighting game … hammering buttons, frantically waggling a joystick to execute a devastating final blow to beat your opponent and pumping your parents pocket change into Street Fighter 2 , Killer Instinct or Mortal kombat.
The arcades have all but died out now, but the love for these time consuming franchises has never died, So put away those quarters and enjoy these amazing beats from the greatest console fighting games in this special STAGE of the Retro VGM Revival Hour!